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Peter A Rice

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1 Vaginal swabs are appropriate specimens for diagnosis of genital tract infection with Chlamydia trachomatis. J Clin Microbiol 2003 2.24
2 Infections of people with complement deficiencies and patients who have undergone splenectomy. Clin Microbiol Rev 2010 1.70
3 A meningococcal factor H binding protein mutant that eliminates factor H binding enhances protective antibody responses to vaccination. J Immunol 2011 1.68
4 Neisserial lipooligosaccharide is a target for complement component C4b. Inner core phosphoethanolamine residues define C4b linkage specificity. J Biol Chem 2003 1.55
5 Distinct defensin profiles in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis urethritis reveal novel epithelial cell-neutrophil interactions. Infect Immun 2005 1.41
6 Human factor H interacts selectively with Neisseria gonorrhoeae and results in species-specific complement evasion. J Immunol 2008 1.39
7 Phosphoethanolamine substitution of lipid A and resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to cationic antimicrobial peptides and complement-mediated killing by normal human serum. Infect Immun 2008 1.32
8 Implications of phase variation of a gene (pgtA) encoding a pilin galactosyl transferase in gonococcal pathogenesis. J Exp Med 2002 1.22
9 Factor H binding and function in sialylated pathogenic neisseriae is influenced by gonococcal, but not meningococcal, porin. J Immunol 2007 1.20
10 Human C4b-binding protein selectively interacts with Neisseria gonorrhoeae and results in species-specific infection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005 1.20
11 Binding of vitronectin by the Moraxella catarrhalis UspA2 protein interferes with late stages of the complement cascade. Infect Immun 2006 1.10
12 An evaluation of the role of properdin in alternative pathway activation on Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. J Immunol 2010 1.07
13 Relative contributions of dectin-1 and complement to immune responses to particulate β-glucans. J Immunol 2012 1.07
14 Enhanced bacteremia in human factor H transgenic rats infected by Neisseria meningitidis. Infect Immun 2011 1.06
15 Phosphoethanolamine residues on the lipid A moiety of Neisseria gonorrhoeae lipooligosaccharide modulate binding of complement inhibitors and resistance to complement killing. Infect Immun 2012 1.05
16 Defining targets for complement components C4b and C3b on the pathogenic neisseriae. Infect Immun 2007 1.03
17 A concise radiosynthesis of the tau radiopharmaceutical, [(18) F]T807. J Labelled Comp Radiopharm 2013 1.03
18 Depressive symptoms and sexual risk behavior in young, chlamydia-infected, heterosexual dyads. J Adolesc Health 2009 1.00
19 Linkage specificity and role of properdin in activation of the alternative complement pathway by fungal glycans. MBio 2011 0.99
20 Enhanced factor H binding to sialylated Gonococci is restricted to the sialylated lacto-N-neotetraose lipooligosaccharide species: implications for serum resistance and evidence for a bifunctional lipooligosaccharide sialyltransferase in Gonococci. Infect Immun 2005 0.99
21 Novel blocking human IgG directed against the pentapeptide repeat motifs of Neisseria meningitidis Lip/H.8 and Laz lipoproteins. J Immunol 2011 0.99
22 Polymerase chain reaction to diagnose infective endocarditis: will it replace blood cultures? Circulation 2005 0.95
23 Heptose I glycan substitutions on Neisseria gonorrhoeae lipooligosaccharide influence C4b-binding protein binding and serum resistance. Infect Immun 2007 0.94
24 Properdin is critical for antibody-dependent bactericidal activity against Neisseria gonorrhoeae that recruit C4b-binding protein. J Immunol 2012 0.91
25 Expression of the gonococcal global regulatory protein Fur and genes encompassing the Fur and iron regulon during in vitro and in vivo infection in women. J Bacteriol 2008 0.90
26 Characterization of a peptide vaccine candidate mimicking an oligosaccharide epitope of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and resultant immune responses and function. Vaccine 2005 0.87
27 The gonococcal Fur-regulated tbpA and tbpB genes are expressed during natural mucosal gonococcal infection. Infect Immun 2005 0.87
28 Immunization against a saccharide epitope accelerates clearance of experimental gonococcal infection. PLoS Pathog 2013 0.87
29 Regulation of the mannan-binding lectin pathway of complement on Neisseria gonorrhoeae by C1-inhibitor and alpha 2-macroglobulin. J Immunol 2002 0.86
30 16S-Ribosomal DNA to diagnose culture-negative endocarditis. Curr Infect Dis Rep 2008 0.85
31 por Variable-region typing by DNA probe hybridization is broadly applicable to epidemiologic studies of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. J Clin Microbiol 2005 0.85
32 Genotype-Specific Concordance of Chlamydia trachomatis Genital Infection Within Heterosexual Partnerships. Sex Transm Dis 2016 0.83
33 Molecular characterization of the interaction between sialylated Neisseria gonorrhoeae and factor H. J Biol Chem 2011 0.83
34 Species-specificity of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection: do human complement regulators contribute? Vaccine 2008 0.82
35 Molecular characterization of the interaction between porins of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and C4b-binding protein. J Immunol 2007 0.81
36 Limitations of screening tests for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in asymptomatic adolescent and young adult women. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2004 0.80
37 Factor H facilitates adherence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to complement receptor 3 on eukaryotic cells. J Immunol 2010 0.78
38 First human use of a radiopharmaceutical prepared by continuous-flow microfluidic radiofluorination: proof of concept with the tau imaging agent [18F]T807. Mol Imaging 2014 0.77
39 A performance evaluation of 90Y dose-calibrator measurements in nuclear pharmacies and clinics in the United States. Appl Radiat Isot 2007 0.75
40 Gonococcal lipooligosaccharide sialylation: virulence factor and target for novel immunotherapeutics. Pathog Dis 2017 0.75
41 Pelvic inflammatory disease. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol 2012 0.75